I tend to get migraines somewhat regularly, and every time I do I don’t go for the painkillers. I just put myself in the darkest room I can find (migraines often come with high light sensitivity) and play the soundtrack pieces from Lorien. That music is more effective at easing my pain than the Excedrin ever will be.
my favorite thing about helena bonham carter is that she literally has only two modes
gothic english beauty
and insane homeless woman
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sambo - one of a couple who lives together but isn’t married
slutspurt - closing sale
puss - kiss
suck - sigh
mums! - yum!
moms - sales tax
kram - hug
kaka - cake (it means poop in lots of other languages).
tjock (pronounced shock) - fat
slut doesn’t just mean “the end”, “slut på” (på meaning on/at) means “to run out of something”, ex. vi är slut på… we are out of….
frigg - a name and the name of a goddess too
dusch (pronounced douche) - shower
damm (pronounced damn) - dust
mätt (pronounced met) - full (not hungry anymore)
mat - food
chef - boss
lax - salmon
frisk - healthy
pigg - lively
bog - meat from a shoulder of a cow
svamp (with a Swedish accent, pronounced the same as swamp) - mushroom
slump - chance, accident, coincidence
stick! - run!
fast - set, inflexible
god - tasty
god morgon (pronounced goo moron) - good morning
mjau (meow) - common silence-filler or even greeting
nepp - nope
tja - hey, or “well…”
nja (pronounced nya) - yes-and-no. Like “chotto” in Japanese.
nej (pronounced neigh) - no
hjälp (pronounced yelp) - help
bad - bath
grape - grapefruit (or you can say grapefrukt)
barn - child or children
men - but
fagott - bassoon
Various words are doubled for no reason, such as “hej hej (hey)”, “morn morn (morning)”, “puss puss (kiss, but used as a “bye bye”), “tjänna tjänna” (greeting), “natti natt” (nighty-night), “gulli gullig” (cutie-cute)
”Hej på dig” - greeting, literally “hey on you”.
bröstvårta - “breast wart”, meaning nipple.
grönsaker - “green things”, vegetables.
dammsugare - “dust sucker”, vacuum cleaner.
fruktkött - “fruit meat”, pulp.
utländsk - “outside-country”, foreign.
småpengar - “small monies”, coins.
vitlök - “white onion” - garlic
munspel - “mouth game”, harmonica.
dumskalle - “dumb skull”, idiot. likewise “sheep skull”, “bark skull” I heard once…
”smör” is butter, “gås” is goose, “smörgås” is sandwich.
gubbe (pronounced like goo-beh) - old man
grymt (cruel), slang for cool.
What about the rest of Swedish? Well just take a look at these words:
kommentar (comment), blogg (blog), teve (tv), mobil (mobile, cell phone), hund (hound, dog), papper (paper), toalett (toilet), box (box), klocka (clock), kultur (culture), basket (basket, basket ball), premiär (premiere), gäst (guest), berg (berg, burgh, burg), problem (problem), projekt (project), koncept (concept), dansband (dance band), musik (music), teater (theatre) kommun (commune), chans (chance), historia (history), jobb (job), klick (click), extra (extra), miljon (million), dubbel (double), kaviar (caviar), slang (slang), Amerika (America), Japan (Japan), kaffe (coffee), kategori (category), orange (orange colour), idé (idea), upp (up), stopp (stop), buss (bus), post (post, mail)….^ tack so fuckin mycket for that add on !
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I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS GIF FOREVER
literally every person on tumblr.
In case you were wondering, this is what it’s like to work in customer service.
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